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Seek error Shutdown failure Time-of-day clock lost power MS-DOS unable to find Defective diskette or specific track on diskette or hard-disk drive. hard-disk drive. Microprocessor unable to System board faulty. reset. System clock stopped. Reserve battery lost its charge. Time-of-day clock stopped Time-of-day not set-please run the System Setup program. Timer chip counter 2 failed Unexpected interrupt in protected mode Warning! Battery is critically low. Time or date stored in RTC does not match system clock. Timer circuit on system board malfunctioning. Keyboard/mouse controller malfunctioning, or memory module(s) not responding. Battery is running out of power. Reserve battery lost its charge. System board faulty. System board faulty. One or more memory module(s) faulty or improperly seated. Battery needs recharging. The diagnostics contains tests that aid in troubleshooting the computer. If needed, see Chapter 4, "Running the Dell Diagnostics," in the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide. The diagnostics diskette contains the following test groups: RAM - Tests the main memory System Set - Tests the system board's primary functions Video - Tests the video subsystem Keyboard - Tests the keyboard subsystem Mouse - Tests the mouse/touch-pad subsystem Diskette Drives - Tests the diskette drive subsystem Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI) - Tests the IDE hard-disk drive subsystem IDE CD ROM Drives - Tests the CD-ROM drive subsystem Serial/Infrared Ports - Tests the serial communication port Parallel Ports - Tests the parallel communication port System Error Messages 3-9

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System Error Messages
3-9
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The diagnostics contains tests that aid in troubleshooting the computer. If
needed, see Chapter 4, “Running the Dell Diagnostics,” in the
Reference and
Troubleshooting Guide
. The diagnostics diskette contains the following test
groups:
¹
RAM — Tests the main memory
¹
System Set — Tests the system board’s primary functions
¹
Video — Tests the video subsystem
¹
Keyboard — Tests the keyboard subsystem
¹
Mouse — Tests the mouse/touch-pad subsystem
¹
Diskette Drives — Tests the diskette drive subsystem
¹
Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI) — Tests the IDE hard-disk drive subsystem
¹
IDE CD ROM Drives — Tests the CD-ROM drive subsystem
¹
Serial/Infrared Ports — Tests the serial communication port
¹
Parallel Ports — Tests the parallel communication port
Seek error
MS-DOS unable to find
specific track on diskette or
hard-disk drive.
Defective diskette or
hard-disk drive.
Shutdown failure
Microprocessor unable to
reset.
System board faulty.
Time-of-day clock
lost power
Time-of-day clock
stopped
System clock stopped.
Reserve battery lost
its charge.
Time-of-day not
set—please run
the System Setup
program.
Time or date stored in RTC
does not match system
clock.
Reserve battery lost
its charge.
System board faulty.
Timer chip
counter 2 failed
Timer circuit on system
board malfunctioning.
System board faulty.
Unexpected
interrupt in pro-
tected mode
Keyboard/mouse control-
ler malfunctioning, or
memory module(s) not
responding.
One or more mem-
ory module(s) faulty
or improperly
seated.
Warning!
Battery is
critically low.
Battery is running out of
power.
Battery needs
recharging.